Clark Fork Coalition v. Montana Department of Environmental Quality

¶1 In 2001, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a Montana Pollution Discharge Elimination System (MPDES) permit to Revett Silver Company authorizing Revett to discharge water into the Clark Fork River from its proposed mine, the Rock Creek Mine. The Appellants, four organizations with interests in protecting the Clark Fork River (collectively, the Coalition), brought suit against DEQ alleging, inter alia, that the MPDES permit issued to Revett violated the Montana Water Quality Act (WQA). The Coalition now appeals from an order of the First Judicial District, *199Lewis…